Recently, an expert on terrorism who also published a book and worked in the prestigious National Security Council, Dr. Jessica Stern, published an op-ed in the New York Times (Feb. 28, 2001) entitled, Execute Terrorists at Our Own Risk. She called on America not to use the death penalty against any convicted terrorist.

For my point of view it is a call to 'appease' terrorists or potential terrorists. We tell them: "Go ahead, use our democracy, our law and order for your goals. We will never kill you." They who kill children and women, military and civilian people alike, have the right to kill but we, the victims or the potential victims, must obey the law and only put them in jails with the option of their friends blackmailing us. Many people, for a thousand and

We know that many Muslim terrorists were executed in Arab countries. Are they martyrs? If there is a 'risk,' why do these countries not hesitate to execute terrorists? This so-called 'risk' or 'martyrdom' is not even a factor in their decision. Why? Because this 'risk' exists only in Ms. Stern's mind. Ms. Stern, who teaches at Harvard, expressed her feeling as to the recent Israeli policy against terrorism. She defined as 'unwise', Israel's preventive measures against terrorists. She called the targets of Israel's combat suspected terrorists. She did not agree with the Israelis that these terrorists were not just innocent victims. Should we conclude that Ms. Stern is against measures of counter-terrorism? I, by my intuition, feel that she would have answered: "Yes, I am against it." But how could she discuss this issue? Is she familiar with the recent situation in Israel?

Ms. Stern ignored the reality of life in Israel when she was critical as to the Israeli policies far away from the 'ivory tower' of Harvard. She ignores the fact that the terrorist, like Mr. Arafat, is a genius when using our weakness for his plans. They hate us. They hate our civilization. They admire Iran and its values! They are Muslims, fundamentalist ones! Some of them use terrorism in order to achieve their goals. They do not care about our values or courts. They are willing to die for their belief. But Ms. Stern wrote in her op-ed: "We must use the courts to make clear that terrorism is a criminal act, not Jihad, not heroism, not holy war." Give me a break: Ms. Stern will teach about democracy! She will explain to them: "You are criminals," (Bin Laden does not know that he is not a good boy but a criminal...) Ms. Ster

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